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Yet these are the same youth who yesterday wrote the "Autobiography of a Fountain Pen" and "The Exhilarations of the Straw-Ride" and the essays on "The Beauties of Nature." It is I who am not the same.
"Oh, I remember Bob Sutter," said Nellie. "We went on a straw-ride together once before you came to Putnam Hall," she added, to Tom. "I know him, too," put in Grace. "He's a nice boy." "Of course he is," said Sam pointedly. "But he isn't as nice as some boys," went on Grace in a lower tone, and giving Sam an arch smile that made him feel very happy. They were soon in the cottage and greeting Mrs.
"But, Father," said King, "we didn't do anything wrong, or even rude, but of course, you can't go on a straw-ride and sit as still as if you were in church, can you?" "No," said Mrs. Maynard, taking up King's cause; "children are meant to be noisy, especially on a sleighing party. But I wouldn't worry about the little Spencer girl.
There was a straw-ride in the farm sleigh after dinner, a story or two by the Yule log when the twilight closed in and Annie had lit the Christmas candles on the tree, and then as the boys were romping in a game of Roger's the Doctor slipped away to his study for a quiet hour with a book.
Madame accepted a seat in another carriage and rode home, explaining and sniffing and inwardly resolving never again to have a straw-ride. Jim stood on the step of the victoria all the way home. They passed poor Miss Martha Rose, still faring toward the grove, and nobody noticed her, for the second time.
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